A Friend's Greeting
by Edgar A. Guest
I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me;
I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be;
I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.
I'd like to do the big things and the splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies and leave them only blue;
I'd like to say the kindly things that I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul the way that mine you've stirred.
I'd like to give you back the joy that you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you a need I hope will never be;
I'd like to make you feel as rich as I, who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to lean upon.
I'm wishing at this Christmas time that I could but repay
A portion of the gladness that you've strewn along my way;
And could I have one wish this year, this only would it be:
I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me.
Merry Christmas to you, my friends and dearly loved ones! I thank God for allowing our earthly paths to cross and pray that God will grant you His grace, peace and joy in the Name of Christ our Savior, who was named "Jesus" for He shall save His people from their sins. I thank God for the love He gave us in Christmas, Christ, the God Man who died for us, taking our sins upon His own self, that we might have the forgiveness of sin, bring glory to Him and have hope eternal. (Titus 1:2) God bless you. If only I could be "the sort of friend that you have been to me." Thank you for all that you have done for me!
